Captain Skarloc

Captain Skarloc is the second boss of Caverns of Time: Old Hillsbrad Foothills. He appears when you've escorted Thrall through the front gate of Durnholde Keep. He drops Recipe: Ironshield Potion, a rare recipe.

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Comment by nekoki

He is the second boss in Old Hillsbrad in the Caverns of Time. He comes once you get Thrall out of the keep and he comes with two adds (a warden and a veteran). You will have time to drink/eat when they talk.

Kill the warden as soon as possible as he can psychic scream. Crowd control can be difficult as Skarloc is a paladin and can cleanse. He has other paladin abilities such as holy light, hammer of justice, and holy shield.

Comment by Keha

He was a fairly easy fight. We wiped the first time on him due to some unfortunate luck. The 2nd try, we had Thrall tank Skarloc, our prot warrior tank the veteran, and we burned down the warden asap. After the warden, the veteran, then it was a simple tank / spank on the boss. Thrall had PLENTY of aggro so our dps could go all out the whole time.

Comment by Mylora

Skarloc will heal and use Hammer of Justice often, which can be dispelled. As far as I know he can be interrupted in normal mode, never tried in Heroic.

In addition to all his normal mode abilities, in Heroic he will constantly Consecrate for 750 holy damage a second, thus it is important to keep him moving and to keep stun off the tank so they don't melt from being stuck in Consecration.

Comment by Tiamat114

An interesting thing to note about Captain Skarloc is that he seems to always cleanse himself of Serpent Sting first before cleansing any CC on the 2 adds. On my hunter I kept max rank Serpent Sting up on him and immediately reapplied it as soon as he cleansed it and he continued to cleanse that off first letting us burn him down easily while ignoring the CC'd adds. Hopefully this helps someone out if he does the same on Heroic Mode.

Comment by nolfclvr

Do the bosses drop Badges of Justice in Heroic? I don't see it listed in loot

Comment by Ganarath

Arent those for outland and IN outland?

Comment by Kathucka

This boss is encountered after freeing Thrall, then running a gauntlet of four nasty packs that Thrall charges into.

There are two main threats in the gauntlet.

First, it is simply difficult to control all the opponents running around. There is not enough time to get organized and assign crowd control. This must be improvised quickly. Note, however, that Thrall can take quite a beating, especially if he gets a few heals. He heals to full after every pull. So, he makes an excellent off-tank. Let Thrall take one opponent, control one or two (polymorph, etc.), and tank the rest. Paladin tanks can simply tank everything.

Second, each pack of the gauntlet has a mage. Aside from casting nasty, high-damage spells, the mage polymorphs someone that is not his main target. If this is the tank or the healer, it's a wipe. Ouch! Interrupt, stun, and silence the mage to prevent that. Call out the polymorph and dispel it instantly. Kill the mage first, even before the wardens (healers).

On Heroic, the boss himself has only one serious threat, and that's his Consecration. Not only is it nasty, but he can cast two of them at once. If several members of your party are in it, your healer can't keep them all up.

Simply put, the tank must keep moving around to stay out of consecration. If the tank stays still, everyone gets hit by double consecration, and everyone dies. Melee attackers must not wait for the tank, but move out of it on their own.

He reflects melee damage with Holy Shield. Attack only from behind, to avoid this. Melee attackers must watch their own health and run away when it gets low. They can bandage themselves or wait for a heal, then go back in.

He heals himself and his companions. The warden does, too. Interrupt the heals, and put Aimed Shot or Mortal Strike on the current kill target.

He stuns his main target with Hammer of Justice. This is a magic effect. Dispel it as quickly as possible, as the tank can't dodge, block, or parry attacks while stunned, and also can't move out of the Consecration.

In heroic mode, it's a good idea to off-tank the warden and perhaps the veteran, away from the Consecration and out of range of heal spells.

Comment by Teemu

Pretty hard to kill... Comes when Thrall Escapes the castle. When hes at 10% he can heal so if u have a MM Hunter in ur group use Aimed Shot. He has 2-4 friends too... So Before figth begins remember to Eat/Drink Something. ((Thrall Steals his horse later o.O))

Comment by Pithrandil

A reference to Captain Scarlet, for anyone who doesn't know who Captain Scarlet is:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Scarlet_(character) and if you don't get the reference say Skarloc's name quickly to the theme tune, you'll get the idea ;)

Comment by Warstalker

Did anyone else notice him talking with the Death Knight filter over his voice? Just the intro conversation before he attacks...

Comment by azulathel

If you bypass the first guard on your way into Durnholde, Thrall will run out and attack it when you get close, triggering the script that brings in Skarloc. If you then take too long killing that guard like I did, Skarloc will start his monologue before Thrall announces the approach of a rider. Then, when you've killed Skarloc, Thrall will claim he sees a rider approaching, and will stand ready - preventing the event from continuing.

Comment by Iroared

Soloed as 69 prot paladin, took lots of tries until I got lucky with crits and downed the adds fast enough.

Comment by Micalonious

Any idea what his armour is? Especially the boots.

Comment by Cyronkaz

Funny thing in my encounter.....he didn't heal himself

Comment by Sacrolash

Has anyone else heard his voice echoing during his introductory lines, like the voices of the Infinite Dragonflight do? I heard it fairly often while I was first doing him, but on more recent runs (since 4.0.6), his voice sounds normal.

Comment by Animella

Captain Skarlock reminds me of Captain Harlock... though Harlock is so much cooler than this bald bastard.. :3

Comment by Tyraice

Honestly, I think the drop rate for The Boots of the Watchful Heart is like 1% and Tarren Mill Vitality Locket and Lucent Fire Opal is like 90% drop rate because i've done this heroic way everyday for the past week and never got the boots! >:(

Comment by vashtii

The skeeviest boss in the game. "After I've had *my* fun"... I enjoy killing him.